Content tagged mathematics

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Photographing medieval tapestries. gulfstream/1717

Physically possible (i.e. gravitationally possible) arrangements of planets. gulfstream/1838

Journalists from The New Yorker, thoughtful individuals that they are, attempt to arrange a meeting with the famously reclusive mathematician Grigory Perelman: … gulfstream/2150

The mathematics behind the tiling pattern used on the exterior walls of Melbourne’s new Federation Square buildings. The pattern is aperiodic … gulfstream/1004

Audio of Malcolm Gladwell’s Feb 21st talk on a possible prodigies/late bloomers dichotomy. (This reminds me: in A Mathematician’s Apology, G.H. Hardy … gulfstream/2007

Quotes Collected

... on the whole the history of science is fair, and this is particularly true of mathematics. No other subject has such clear-cut or unanimously accepted … hardy/6

No mathematician should ever allow himself to forget that mathematics, more than any other art or science, is a young man's game. To take a simple illustration … hardy/4

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Thinking Of Mathematics —An Essay On Eyes-free Computing

AUDIO SYSTEM FOR TECHNICAL READINGS
examples of computer-read formula

A Pair Of Dice Which Never Roll 7

Tony Rothman's Article on Evariste Galois

Who Can Name the Bigger Number?

Stevey's Blog Rants: Math For Programmers

Seed: Prime Numbers Get Hitched

MathFiction

Weak security in our daily lives@Everything2.com

Mathematical Recreations
mathematical analysis of monopoly

Shtetl-Optimized » Blog Archive » Shor, I’ll do it

If We Taught English the Way We Teach Mathematics...

1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + · · · - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

MathPages
collection of articles on various mathematical topics, seemingly anonymous. can't vouch for the quality.

The Two-Envelope Paradox: A Complete Analysis?

Simpson's paradox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

tx070800972p.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Fun With Prime Numbers
incrementally improving a program for listing prime numbers

CodeMaestro » Magical Square Root Implementation In Quake III

Pulling Digits out of Pi